Birth story

My husband and I wanted try for VBAC but our second daughter had other plans. She was breech and measuring 7lbs 1oz at 36 week scan so I scheduled a csection. She managed to flip to head down at 37 weeks but kept csection scheduled as she measured ahead and first csection was related to a fit issue. She waited till our scheduled date and time and was born at 8:07 am. She swallowed amniotic fluid mixed with meconium which caused respiratory distress at birth. This lead to a 2 hour nicu stay. Thankfully she recovered well and had no lasting affects, but I hated every bit of those 2 hours away from her. Side note: she likely would have had fit issue as well since she was 6 oz larger then her older sister and her head was a half inch bigger then her sisters.

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